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Saudi Arabia is set to lift its decades-old ban on women driving on Sunday.

• By Varun Nayar

Flamingoes are seen at Lake Amboseli from a spotter plane overhead during a trial run for an aerial animal census at the Amboseli National Park on June 21st, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People participate in a protest in front of the prime minister's office in Bucharest on June 20th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Protesters hold signs as they block Sansome Street during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 19th, 2018, in San Francisco, California.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Women walk on a bridge past campaign banners with the portrait of Turkey's president in Istanbul on June 18th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya on June 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Marches occur across the country while, simultaneously, children and families are detained at the U.S. border.

• By Ashley Hackett

A dancer looks on during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium on June 14th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People dressed as angels stand in front of the memorial set up for the shooting victims at Pulse nightclub on June 12th, 2018, where the shootings took place two years ago in Orlando, Florida.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A man bangs a drum as anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament on June 11th, 2018, in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Guatemala struggles to recover from its most severe volcanic eruption in 45 years.

• By Ashley Hackett

Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A South Korean woman touches the engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Campaigns against single-use plastic waste are picking up steam.

• By Ashley Hackett

A protester is removed by police officers during a sit-in to block construction vehicles working on the expansion of Camp Schwab, a United States military base, on May 31st, 2018, in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.

• By Ashley Hackett

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Europe announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Irish voters will decide abortion rights for women in a predominantly Catholic country.

• By Ashley Hackett

Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.

• By Pacific Standard Staff